Zimbabwe
UK slams Zimbabwe's 'rogue' regime
London - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband slammed the Zimbabwean government on Friday as a "rogue" regime, saying the cholera crisis shows that President Robert Mugabe has dashed hope for change.
South Africa sending military doctors to Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa is sending more military doctors to its northern border to treat Zimbabwean cholera victims, underlining fears of a regional disease outbreak linked to Zimbabwe's collapse....
Botswana to close its Harare embassy
GABORONE, (IRIN) - Botswana will close its embassy in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, within the next few weeks a senior diplomat told IRIN....
'Where is Jestina Mukoko, Robert?'
Johannesburg - The whereabouts of a Zimbabwean human rights activist, former TV anchor Jestina Mukoko allegedly kidnapped (only in night dress) earlier this week by gunmen believed to be Robert Mugabe's secret service agents must be made known, the SA Council of Churches said on Friday. ...
We welcome genuine elections.....even yesterday - MDC
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- President Robert Mugabe hinted he may form a Cabinet without the opposition and call for early elections in Zimbabwe to resolve the impasse over a stalled power-sharing deal. ...
EU considering more Zimbabwe sanctions - envoys
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - The European Union plans more sanctions on Zimbabwe next week unless there is progress in ending political deadlock before a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers, EU diplomats said....
"It's well past time for Robert Mugabe to leave" - U.S
COPENHAGEN - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday said it was well past time for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to leave and nations in the region must take the lead on pressuring him to quit....Mugabe to call for fresh elections if unit government fails - report
Harare - The beleaguered Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe will call early elections if an agreement on power-sharing with the opposition fails to work within the next two years, state media reported on Friday without spelling out whether he will still be the candidate for his own faction ravaged party. ...
South African team to assess Zimbabwe food crisis
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will send a team of senior government officials to Zimbabwe next week to assess the food crisis in the neighbouring country and investigate what aid is needed, a government spokesman said on Friday....
Tsvangirai in re-newed call for AU to lead talks
NIROBI, KENYA - Zimbabwean Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai wants the African Union to take over mediated talks between him and President Robert Mugabe. Mr Tsvangirai met Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete who is also the AU chairman on Thursday in Dar es Salaam and asked him to lead the power-sharing negotiations....World watches blandly as Zimbabwe goes to pot
OPINION - The power-sharing negotiations between the political leaders in Zimbabwe have stalled once again just as outbreaks of cholera and claim hundreds of lives. At first glance the combined economic, humanitarian and political crises would severely shock any outside observer. ...
Remove Mugabe if he does not step down - Tutu
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Thursday that Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe must step down or be removed by force to save the country from disaster...
Gono pumps staggering Z$80 trillion into economy to ease cash crunch
HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank injected $80 trillion in new bank notes into the economy in a bid to end cash shortages that have seen hordes besieging banks amid a deepening economic crisis. In another twist Central Bank Governor dismissed the entire board of a local bank, CFX Holdings after it was leaked that the bank had off-loaded $260 billion of the new currency to buy foreign exchange one day before the new notes were legal tender....
"A hungry and angry soldier can be very dangerous" - Warns Army member
HARARE, (IRIN) - Robert Charamba (not his real name) is a soldier in the Zimbabwe National Army. He was not among the soldiers who recently rampaged through the capital, Harare, because he was in the border town of Beitbridge visiting his wife, a cross-border trader....
Mugabe invests in police star-wars water canon motors to entrench his power
HARARE - Zimbabwe's decimated health care system will struggle to halt a cholera epidemic that has so far killed 565 people, health expert said on Thursday. The country is in a state of massive starvation, no clean water, no cash from banks, but Robert Mugabe has invested heavily in star-wars police water canon motors to spray at the defenseless, sick and poor hungry folks....
Zimbabwean rivals to sign deal 'within days' - South Africa
CAPE TOWN - South Africa expects Zimbabwe's rival political parties to sign a deal on a constitutional amendment within days, paving the way for a unity government, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday, even though signs on the ground paints a different picture....
Abduction of Justina Mukoko condemned
HARARE - The abduction former ZBC TV/Radio personality Jestina Mukoko, now one of Zimbabwe's most prominent human rights activists, appears to signal that Robert Mugabe's regime has renewed its campaign of violence against the country's civil society. ...
MDC slams Zanu PF terrorism tactics
HARARE - South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) correspondent John Nyashanu was also among the mostly trade activists who were violently arrested during yesterday's clashes between Robert Mugabe's police and trade unionists....
South Africa calls for urgent cabinet meeting on Zimbabwe crisis
CAPE TOWN - South Africa has called an urgent ministerial meeting on the food and health crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, a government spokesperson said Thursday, saying people were beginning to "die of starvation." ...
Zimbabwe appeals for donor help on cholera
HARARE - The embattled, usually cocky, anti-donor Zimbabwean regime has declared a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 560 lives and its "malfunctioning" hospitals as national emergencies and urged donors to help, state media reported on Thursday....
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